Casey Schorr

@asmartbear This post was super helpful to me, years ago, when I was deciding to sell my business (or not). Thanks for writing it. I also decided to sell and it was the right decision 100%

Entrepreneurs face tough decisions, like whether to sell their company. I did, and it changed my life. Why the freedom line matters so much, if this is your first venture: longform.asmartbear.com/rich-vs-king-s…

Cool use of swag to build community. Exits are super tough and should absolutely be celebrated! The CEO of @techstars helped do some early mentoring of the startup I sold (@printfection) and became a customer of our swag marketing platform, even though I was never formally part of Techstars! Great person genuinely wanting to help early stage founders.

@denk_tweets @beehiiv Until you're acquired ;) in all seriousness love beehiiv!

we're going to ship new features @beehiiv every 2 weeks until the end of time &again&again&again&again&again&again&again&again&again&again&again&again&again&again&again&again&again&again&again&again&again&again&again&again

@jasonlk Sold my company as the ~ #2 so to speak. Bootstrapped, relatively cheap compared to others that had raised megabucks. Living proof this can work!

There's a "weird", less discussed, and tough-to-predict start-up M&A strategy: Be #2. It happens all the time.  A Mega Tech Leader wants to enter a space, but the #1 player is just ... too expensive. Or simply won't sell. Or has raised an insane amount at a huge valuation. Now if #2 has done the same -- raised a massive amount at a super high valuation -- they may be a tough spot. But if they've been very capital efficient, and have a simpler cap table, and a low burn ... That Mega Tech Company will often buy the #2 player. Because it's what's available. And sometimes, what they can afford. You can't count on this playbook. Even being #2 is hard. But it's a reason to push on, and if you are #2 ... to consider being as capital efficient as practical.

@randomroger @alphaarchitect @ETFhearsay Which one?

@alphaarchitect @ETFhearsay I've been using one of the mutual funds for a while, appears to work well in that wrapper.

Cat Bond ETF listing this week. Ticker ILS refers to "Insurance -Linked Securities", not Israeli Shekels: ILS Crncy Brookmont Catastrophic Bond ETF Ticker: $ILS Fees: 1.58% ETF website: ilsetf.com Adviser: Brookmont Capital Management (Dallas , TX) brookmont.com Sub-adviser: King Ridge Capital Advisors LLC Final prospectus: sec.gov/ix?doc=/Archiv… @BrookmontCap @hellokitty

@taskett Where in the mountains did you move? Loved the post. Also think Paul's book was one of the best I read this past year.

I left Austin. Left tech. And escaped to the mountains. Here's my wild, and vulnerably honest 2024 recap. madisontaskett.com/2024-recap-cop…

@schlaf My coach, a well known guy - no social media, no linkedin, nothing. Not an accident.

The deeper I go into the Downshift journey, the more I question the value of building in public. It pulls attention away from what truly matters: serving our clients and focusing on the work that drives real impact.

@SoloSkillStack @schlaf ahmen

@caseyschorr @schlaf funny how we come full circle. spent years scaling up only to realize the early days were the sweet spot - just you, the product, and direct customer conversations. no layers of meetings about meetings

Working with a team this year has made me realize just how much being a solopreneur was really about my desire and need for control.

Just installed the chatgpt mac app, and I’m hooked. Having a quick keyboard shortcut (option + space) for instant AI brainpower is game changing—even for the smallest tasks, edits, or quick brainstorming sessions without interrupting my flow.

@denk_tweets @beehiiv This looks amazing. It doesn't even have to be *that* amazing because it's integrated with the email database + sending infrastructure. Can't wait. Now all you need is a community / forum element and I can ditch Circle

dropping a sneak peek of the all new website builder on @beehiiv to interrupt your doomscrolling alright carry on...

@ianmatthewroth @denk_tweets @beehiiv The power is the email, subscriber database AND website all-in-one. Even if it's less powerful the integrated combo is more powerful and easier to use. See: Hubspot.

@denk_tweets @beehiiv Honest opinion: this look OKAY. Very similar to websites I've made with Carrd. I'm sure there are many more features that we don't see here and I'm excited to test them out.

Just doom scrolled my twitter feed. Regret not reading a book instead 📖

@DENAirport overcrowded train from concourse to terminal, and massive traffic jam (30 minute delays) on Pena getting out of airport. Capacity upgrades needed! This happens most Sunday evenings!

The hardest financial skill is getting the goalpost to stop moving.

This is the main reason I'm so passionate about risk parity investing for individual investors... It's a way to life hack your way to a bunch of extra good years you wouldn't have had otherwise. @naval says it best

Learning how to construct a continuous futures contract for accurate backtesting. Much harder than it should be. All financial media websites basically quote historical futures prices incorrectly. No web-based data source I'm aware of if you want to understand the price history / return % if you were to hold a futures contract for a long time (similar to how you hold a stock for years) Reminds me a bit of the promotional products industry that I came from. Complexity everywhere because this used to be the domain of professionals only (but now anyone can buy/sell/roll futures contractsfrom their iPhone, I do it quarterly it's super easy operationally) Any semi-motivated DIY investor can quickly learn how to buy, sell, and understand basic futures contracts like the two-year US treasury bond. Very useful to know how to do this b/c futures provide insanely useful leverage so you can leave all your $ in stocks but still get downside protection of bonds without tying up your capital. Will continue to write a lot more on this in coming months/ years. Here's an academic article that helped me the most in my early stages learning about this: papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cf… I plan to simplify the hell out of this for other DIYers in due time once I've mastered it myself.

@yuris Litereally nothing worse than a swiss cheese day of calendly meetings

A reflection: Calendly has made it way too easy to give people access to our time. People hand out calendly links like candy and end up both taking more meetings than they should, and also scheduling them poorly (interrupting flow, popcorned throughout).

@DanielleMorrill humidity

What's the main thing? Such a good question to ask yourself. And then when you figure it out, even harder to keep the main thing the main thing.

Success is susceptible to hedonic adaptation no different from buying stuff and upgrading your lifestyle. Took me a long time to realize this...

What comes after success? Maybe Taylor Swift will show us the way. Until then, books like Finishing Well have really helped me ponder this hugely important question. Here are a few of my favorite quotes...